Financial Analyst, Senior

BorgWarner • Auburn Hills, MI

32d • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a data-driven and automation-focused Financial Analyst to support our automotive operations with advanced financial insights and process optimization. Primarily, this role will play a key part in transforming traditional finance workflows by leveraging automation tools and analytics to drive efficiency, accuracy, and strategic decision-making across the organization. Secondarily, the role will be responsible for the overall financial management (balance sheet and income statement) of the TTT RU591. The position will be located at the BorgWarner Propulsion Technical Center (PTC) and reports to the Finance Director; the incumbent will interact with a wide range of financial and operational personnel within TTT and at the Corporate office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3+ years of experience
• Strong Excel skills including pivot tables, macros, VBA
• Proficiency in automation and data tools (e.g., Power BI, Power Query, Python, SQL)
• Experience with ERP Systems (SAP)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams
• Strong understanding of cost accounting, standard costing, and variance analysis in a manufacturing environment
• Highly motivated and action oriented
• Self-starter and self-learner
• Strong time management and multi-tasking skills
• Prioritize among multiple assignments and indirect reporting responsibilities
• Willing to work more than 40-hour week as required
• Fast learner
• Ability to interpret input received from different functions
• Take initiative to complete challenging assignments, participate in teams and foster their progress, and create opportunities for improvement in key business processes
• Consider and seek out the impact of his/her actions within the team. Actively seek collaboration with internal and external team members
• Complete special assignments as required
• Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; Gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; Acts with customers in mind; Establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; Probes all fruitful sources for answers; Can see hidden problems; Is excellent at honest analysis; Looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.
• Has the functional knowledge and skill to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
• Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; Easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; Tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming sessions.
• Relates to all kinds of people- up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; Builds appropriate rapport; Builds constructive and effective relationships; Uses diplomacy and tact; Can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.

Nice To Haves

• Strongly prefer previous experience in the automotive industry
• Microsoft Certifications preferred
• Experience with Lean Six Sigma or continue improvement methodologies preferred

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial data to support budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning
• Develop and maintain financial models and dashboards using tools like Excel, Power BI or Tableau
• Identify and implement automation opportunities in financial reporting, forecast, and month-end close processes using Power Automate/Microsoft Flow, Python or R for data transformation and analysis, SQL for querying ERP systems and VBA for Excel-based automation
• Collaborate with cross-functional team to improve data accuracy, reporting timelines, and workflow efficiency
• Design and implement KPIs and performance metrics to monitor financial health and operational effectiveness
• Drive continuous improvement in month-end closing, forecasting, and reporting processes
• Lead initiatives to digitize and standardize financial processes across multiple manufacturing sites
• Global oversight for all PTC financial reporting
• Other projects as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees